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[corresponds to page 1 of Arvine C. Wales Letter Regarding Van Camp v. Board of Education of the Incorporated Village of Logan]
Springhill Novr. 22,1862
Geo. Harsh.
Your Note of the 20th was recd the same
day it was written, but I had no opportunity of
reading the report of the case of Van Camp v. the
Board of Education of Logan to which you refer till
this evening. I thank you for calling my attention
to that case. I did not know before that there was
any such case; and I did not believe it possible that
our supreme Court could have made such a dise-
=ision.
The syllabus of the case says that children
of mixed blood but nearer white than black "are
not as of right[as...right underlined]" (the words are italicised) " entitled
to admission into the common schools. The Court
so far as one can gather from the indefinite lan-
=guage of the opinion does not think they are
of necessity [underlined] excluded. It would seem to leave the
matter discretionary with the Directors. As an adju-
=dication of our highest Court upon a case directly

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[corresponds to page 1 of Arvine C. Wales Letter Regarding Van Camp v. Board of Education of the Incorporated Village of Logan]
Springhill Novr. 22,1862
Geo. Harsh.
Your Note of the 20th was recd the same
day it was written, but I had no opportunity of
reading the report of the case of Van Camp v. the
Board of Education of Logan to which you refer till
this evening. I thank you for calling my attention
to that case. I did not know before that there was
any such case; and I did not believe it possible that
our supreme Court could have made such a dise-
=ision.
The syllabus of the case says that children
of mixed blood but nearer white than black "are
not as of right[as...right underlined]" (the words are italicised) " entitled
to admission into the common schools. The Court
so far as one can gather from the indefinite lan-
=guage of the opinion does not think they are
of necessity [underlined] excluded. It would seem to leave the
matter discretionary with the Directors. As an adju-
=dication of our highest Court upon a case directly